Current Events > Anyone else love cooking but hate dessert baking?

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I'm ok with simple types of bread because you can mostly go by feel and feedback.

But most desserts sap all the joy of cooking for me. It's a whole lot of precise measuring, specialty equipment that is annoying to clean and then waiting a lot, and you only find out at the end whether you fucked up or not.

I keep wanting to make cake and then discover the recipe is like 40 steps of measuring things at different levels of cold or room temperature and then whisking it a lot.

yea i love cooking but i hate recipes that require absolutely exact measurements and procedure
i also dislike baking in general because i prefer hands-on cooking

Cooking is art but baking is a science.

But really, I have a degree in biochemistry and have worked in labs (not anymore though). I approach a baking project with the same attitude and rigor as I would with a lab protocol.

The one Ive worked on most recently is French macarons which I havent quite nailed aesthetically in terms of roundness and using the right amount of coloring (though the flavor and texture have been good). Also been trying a different flavor of filling each time to find one I really like.

I thought I was the only one.

Yeah, same. Baking just leaves little room for improvisation in the recipe. With regular cooking I rarely weigh or time anything.